The Brattleboro Selectboard will emerge from another Executive Session to do something that isn’t done very often – update the boundaries of the voting districts in town, which will change representation at Representative Town meeting. This update is to conform with adjustments recently made by the state.
The board will also take up the Utility Fund, Parking Fund Budget, raises, and the Depot Street parking lot project. You can bring up other items not on the agenda during public participation.
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The Brattleboro Selectboard will meet on Tuesday, June 7 , 2022, at 5:30pm and is expected to enter immediately into Executive Session to discuss contracts, labor relations agreements with employees and the appointment or employment or evaluation of a public officer or employee . The Selectboard will reconvene the business part of the meeting at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Brattleboro Municipal Center at 230 Main Street. Everyone will be required to maintain social distance. The public is encouraged to participate in the meeting over Zoom. The attached agenda contains information on how to access the meeting remotely, including the required “passcode.” ASL interpreters will be available for deaf and hard-of-hearing community members.
Jessica Sticklor (she/her/hers)
Executive Assistant
Town of Brattleboro
230 Main Street, Suite 208
Brattleboro, VT 05301
(802) 251 – 8115
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BRATTLEBORO SELECTBOARD
TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2022
SELECTBOARD MEETING ROOM + ZOOM
EXECUTIVE SESSION – 5:30PM
REGULAR MEETING – 6:15PM
The physical location for this meeting will be the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Municipal Center at
230 Main Street, where everyone will be required to wear a face covering and maintain social distance.
The public is encouraged to attend and participate in this meeting using Zoom.
If you join the meeting from your computer, tablet, or smartphone, please use this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86067892659
The “Meeting ID” for this meeting is:
860 6789 2659
Passcode: 12261753
You also can call in using your telephone
by dialing any of these toll–free numbers in the United States:
833–548–0282
833–548–0276
or you can access a list of non–toll–free numbers
for locations around the world using this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/u/k2Hdbk6mA
The meeting also will be carried live on BCTV:
On Cable TV: Channel 1085 or Channel 10
Streaming Online: https://www.brattleborotv.org/channel–10–stream
Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/brattleborotv
AGENDA
1. CONVENE REGULAR MEETING
2. APPROVE MINUTES – May 17, 2022 and May 31, 2022
3. CHAIR’S REMARKS
4. MANAGER’S COMMENTS
5. SELECTBOARD COMMENTS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS
6. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
7. CONSENT AGENDA
A. Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Grant – Authorize Application
B. VTrans Small Grant Bike/Pedestrian Facilities – Authorize Application
C. 250 Birge Street Floodplain Restoration Project – Authorize Application
D. Annual Dog Warrant
8. HEALTH COMMISSIONERS
A. Reappoint Deputy Health Officers – Chris Fellows & Matt Casabona
9. LIQUOR COMMISSIONERS
A. Winston Prouty Par for the Cause – Festival Permit
10. NEW BUSINESS
A. Representative Town Meeting District Certification
B. Annual Utility Fund Budget & Capital Plan – Approval
C. Annual Parking Fund Budget & Capital Request – Approval
D. FY23 Salary Increase for Non–Union Employees
E. Depot Street Parking Lot
(i) Award Construction Bid
(ii) Award QEP Contract
(iii) Transfer to Capital Fund
F. Announce Committee Vacancies
11. CORRESPONDENCE/FYI
A. Warrants
12. MEETINGS
See Town Calendar
13. ADJOURNMENT
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MEMORANDUM
To: Selectboard
From: Patrick Moreland, Interim Town Manager
Re: Administrative Report
Date: June 3, 2022
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The following will summarize the proposed motions for the Selectboard meeting on Tuesday,June
7, 2022. The Board will convene at 5:30pm and is expected to enter immediately into executive
session to discuss contracts, labor relations agreements with employees and the appointment or
employment or evaluation of a public officer or employee. The Board will reconvene the business
meeting at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room and on Zoom. The public is strongly
encouraged to attend and participate on Zoom. People who choose to attend the meeting in–
person will be required to adhere to social distancing.
Join the meeting from a computer, tablet, or smartphone, using this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86067892659
The “Meeting ID” for this meeting is:
860 6789 2659
Passcode: 12261753
You also can call in using your telephone
by dialing any of these toll–free numbers in the United States:
833–548–0282
877–853–5247
888–788–0099
833–548–0276
or you can access a list of non–toll–free numbers
for locations around the world using this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/u/k2Hdbk6mA
The meeting will be carried live on BCTV:
On Cable TV: Channel 1085 or Channel 10
Streaming Online: https://www.brattleborotv.org/channel–10–stream
Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/brattleborotv/
7. CONSENT AGENDA
A. Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Grant – Authorize Application
B. VTrans Small Grant Bike/Pedestrian Facilities – Authorize Application
C. 250 Birge Street Floodplain Restoration Project – Authorize Application
D. Annual Dog Warrant
In a memorandum dated May 20, 2022 Town Accountant Kim Ellison requests that the Selectboard approve the Police Department’s application for a $14, 836.50 Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to pay for 20 bulletproof vests.
In a memorandum dated June 1, 2022 Planning Director Sue Fillion requests that the Selectboard approve the application of a VTrans Small Scale Bicycle and Pedestrian Grant in the amount of $35,500 to help pay for construction of 5–foot bicycle lanes on the eastern and western sides of Western Avenue from Green Street to Highlawn. This construction will also include two new crosswalks at Speno Court and Green Street, bike lane signage, and a Rapid Rectangular Flashing Beacon at Allerton Street. The Town will be responsible for a $17,750 local match. $12,000 was transferred into the Capital Fund from the FY23 budget. The remaining match will come from in–kind labor by Public Works staff.
In a memorandum dated May 27, 2022 Planning Director Sue Fillion discuses the Whetstone Brook Floodplain Restoration project. The total project cost is estimated to be $1,113,472.93 with 75% of the cost ($835,104.70) coming from a FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant. The remaining 25% of the cost will be funded by the Vermont Emergency Management Flood Resilient Communities Fund. Fillion requests authorization to apply for a Vermont Emergency Management State of Vermont Hazard Mitigation Program Grant of up to $835,104.70 to restore the natural floodplain function at 250 Birge Street.
The Selectboard is asked to approve the annual dog warrant to enforce the requirement that all dogs in the Town of Brattleboro be vaccinated and licensed. The required statutory language is in the warrant, including reference to humane destruction of animals that have not been licensed by their owners. However, the Town has never exercised that authority and has no intention of exercising that authority in the enforcement of the 2022 licenses. The list of currently unlicensed dogs is included in the Selectboard’s notebooks for this meeting. Since payments and documentation are still being received by the Town Clerk’s Office, staff will provide an up–to–the–minute list on the day of the meeting. By approving this item on the Consent Agenda, the Board will approve the annual dog warrant in the form that is accurate as of 4pm on June 7, 2022.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS PRESENTED.
8. HEALTH COMMISSIONERS
A. Reappoint Deputy Health Officers – Chris Fellows & Matt Casabona
The Board is asked to recommend that the Vermont Department of Health re–appoint Chris Fellows and Matt Casabona as Deputy Health Officers for a three–year term ending in June of 2025, per the memorandum from Assistant Fire Chief Charles Keir.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO RECOMMEND THAT THE VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RE–APPOINT CHRIS FELLOWS AND MATT CASABONA AS DEPUTY HEALTH OFFICER FOR A THREE–YEAR TERM ENDING IN JUNE OF 2025.
9. LIQUOR COMMISSIONERS
A. Winston Prouty Par for the Cause – Festival Permit
The Board is asked to approve a festival permit for Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development’s annual “Par for the Cause” Festival. Staff has reviewed the application and recommends approval. Willie Gussin will attend the meeting to describe the event and answer questions.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO APPROVE A FESTIVAL PERMIT FOR THE WINSTON PROUTY CENTER FOR CHILD AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT TO HOLD ITS ANNUAL “PAR FOR THE CAUSE” EVENT ON JUNE 25, 2022, WITH THE EFFECTIVE DATES OF THE PERMIT TO BE JUNE 24 – 25, 2022.
10. NEW BUSINESS
A. Representative Town Meeting District Certification
In a memorandum dated May 25, 2022, Town Clerk Hilary Francis explains that pursuant to the Town Charter, in any year in which Representative Town Meeting Districts are revised, the Selectboard shall certify to the Town Clerk the total number of voters in each district and the total number of Town Meeting members each district is entitled to. The Board of Civil Authority noted on May 20, 2022 to accept the new Town Meeting Member District Boundaries to conform to Brattleboro’s three legislative districts that were adjusted this winter by the Vermont Legislature as part of the State–wide reapportionment.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO CERTIFY TO THE TOWN CLERK THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTERS IN EACH DISTRICT AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TOWN MEETING MEMBERS EACH DISTRICT IS ENTITLED TO ELECT.
B. Annual Utility Fund Budget & Capital Plan – Approval
NO ACTION IS REQUIRED ON THIS ITEM.
C. Annual Parking Fund Budget & Capital Request – Approval
NO ACTION IS REQUIRED ON THIS ITEM.
D. FY23 Salary Increase for Non–Union Employees
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO APPROVE THE 3% PAY INCREASE FOR FY23 FOR ALL TOWN NON–UNION EMPLOYEES.
E. Depot Street Parking Lot
(i) Award Construction Bid
(ii) Award QEP Contract
(iii) Transfer to Capital Fund
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO AWARD A BID IN THE AMOUNT OF $365,050 TO BERNIE LAROCK AND SON, INC OF GUILFORD, VERMONT FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DEPOT STREET PARKING LOT.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO STONE ENVIRONMENTAL OF MONTPELIER, VERMONT FOR QUALIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF THE DEPOT STREET PARKING LOT PROJECT AND TO PRODUCE A CORRECTIVE ACTION CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION REPORT.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO AUTHORIZE A TRANSFER OF $99,250 FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE CAPITAL FUND.
F. Announce Committee Vacancies
NO MOTION IS REQUIRED ON THIS ITEM.
